Trump says he's imposing 100% tariffs on movies made outside U.S.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday he will impose a 100% tariff on movies made outside the United States.

In a post on Truth Social, he said, “Our movie making business has been stolen from the United States of America, by other Countries, just like stealing ‘candy from a baby.’”

California has been especially hard hit, he said, singling out Gov. Gavin Newsom as “weak and incompetent.” He said the tariff was necessary “to solve this long time, never ending problem.”

Trump did not say when or how the tariff could be enacted. It would be the first time he has essentially imposed a tariff on a service rather than a good.

Newsom's press office responded to Trump’s announcement on X , saying, “The Governor tried to explain this to Trump months ago — when this was initially pr